| Ilya Zhitomirskiy | software developer | 1989–2011 |
| Todor Zhivkov | communist head of state of th… | 1911–1998 |
| Zhiyanzhai | | |
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| He Zhizhang | Chinese writer | 659–744 |
| Zhuangzi | classic Chinese philosopher | -369–-286 BC |
| Georgy Zhukov | Marshal of the Soviet Union | 1896–1974 |
| Hai Zi | Chinese poet | 1964–1989 |
| Xun Zi | Ancient Chinese philosopher | -313–-238 BC |
| Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq | 6th President of Pakistan | 1924–1988 |
| Zinedine Zidane | French association football p… | 1972 |
| Cecily von Ziegesar | American writer | 1970 |
| Jean Ziegler | Swiss sociologist | 1934 |
| Chad Zielinski | Catholic bishop in the United… | 1964 |
| Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz | Polish writer | 1964 |
| Ian Ziering | American actor | 1964 |
| Zig Ziglar | American motivational speaker | 1926–2012 |
| Edgar Zilsel | Austrian historian and philos… | 1891–1944 |
| John Ziman | New Zealand physicist | 1925–2005 |
| Andrew Zimbalist | American economist | 1947 |
| Philip G. Zimbardo | American social psychologist,… | 1933 |
| Hans Zimmer | German film composer and musi… | 1957 |
| Heinrich Robert Zimmer | German historian | 1890–1943 |
| Mary Zimmerman | American theatre director and… | 1960 |
| Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann | Swiss philosophical writer, n… | 1728–1795 |
| Klaus F. Zimmermann | German economist | 1952 |
| Phil Zimmermann | creator of Pretty Good Privacy | 1954 |
| Kenneth Zinck | Fijian politician | 1959 |
| Paul Zindel | American dramatist and childr… | 1936–2003 |
| David Zindell | American writer | 1952 |
| Luigi Zingales | Professor at University of Ch… | 1963 |
| Ryan Zinke | 52nd and current United State… | 1961 |
| Howard Zinn | author and historian | 1922–2010 |
| Anthony Zinni | American Marine Corps general | 1943 |
| Aleksandr Zinovyev | Russian writer | 1922–2006 |
| William Zinsser | writer, editor, journalist, l… | 1922–2015 |
| Preity Zinta | film actress | 1975 |
| Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf | German bishop and saint | 1700–1760 |
| Conway Zirkle | | 1895–1972 |
| Zisi | Chinese philosopher | -481–-402 BC |
| Zhao Ziyang | former General Secretary of t… | 1919–2005 |
| Parteniy Zografski | Bulgarian bishop | 1818–1876 |
| Danah Zohar | American writer | 1945 |
| Emile Zola | French writer (1840-1902) | 1840–1902 |
| Scott Zolak | American football quarterback | 1967 |
| Laurie Zoloth | American ethicist | 1950 |
| Rob Zombie | American singer | 1965 |
| Tay Zonday | American singer | 1982 |
| Zuo Zongtang | Qing dynasty general | 1812–1885 |
| Zoroaster | Persian prophet and founder o… | |
| Salome Zourabichvili | Georgian politician and forme… | 1952 |
| Đuro Zrakić | | 1945 |
| Z-Ro | American rapperdoj | 1977 |
| Sergei Zubatov | Russian politician | 1864–1917 |
| Arnold Zuboff | American philosopher | 1946 |
| Lynne G. Zucker | American sociologist | |
| Mark Zuckerberg | American internet entrepreneur | 1984 |
| Carl Zuckmayer | German writer and playwright | 1896–1977 |
| Gary Zukav | American writer and revivalist | 1942 |
| Jacob Zuma | 4th President of South Africa | 1942 |
| Leopold Zunz | German Reform Rabbi | 1794–1886 |
| Tan Zuoren | Chinese activist | 1954 |
| Markus Zusak | Australian author | 1975 |
| Konrad Zuse | German computer scientist and… | 1910–1995 |
| Stanislav Zvolenský | Slovak Roman Catholic archbis… | 1958 |
| Stefan Zweig | Austrian writer | 1881–1942 |
| Mike Zwerin | American jazz musician | 1930–2010 |
| Fritz Zwicky | Swiss astronomer | 1898–1974 |
| Jan Zwicky | Canadian philosopher | 1955 |
| Huldrych Zwingli | leader of the Protestant Refo… | 1484–1531 |
